While millions of people in Africa flee the forgotten violence of Sudan, the DRC, and the Sahel, the new escalation between Israel and Iran threatens to plunge the Middle East into a full-scale conflict, at a time when Gaza is already ravaged by months of bombardment and blockade. These tragedies, though geographically distant, are linked by a common moral failure: the persistent inability of the international community to prevent war and protect the innocent. As long as powers choose confrontation over dialogue, the spiral of exile, suffering, and uprooting will continue to expand, whether it concerns refugees from Africa, Gaza, or any other wounded land.
In an increasingly fractured world, where conflicts escalate and feed off one another, Africa remains one of the continents most affected by forced displacement. War, climate crises, political instability, and poverty drive millions of Africans to flee their homes every year, often amid international indifference. At the same time, a new outbreak of international violence-Israel’s recent offensive against Iran-raises the threat of a regional conflagration with incalculable consequences for world peace. These dynamics, although geographically distant, are deeply linked by one constant: war, wherever it erupts, causes suffering, exile, and human collapse.
According to the UNHCR, more than 44 million people are currently internally displaced in Africa, victims of protracted conflicts in Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Somalia, the Sahel, and Ethiopia. The causes are multiple, but they all converge on a single human tragedy. These women, children, and men fleeing bullets and hunger often find themselves without assistance, left to fend for themselves in underfunded camps or crammed into unstable border areas. In many countries, shelter depends almost exclusively on the generosity of precarious local communities, while international humanitarian aid is dwindling. This situation contrasts sharply with the rapid mobilization of major powers whenever a conflict directly affects their interests or challenges their geopolitical influence.
The international community, instead of demonstrating truly human solidarity, appears locked in a dynamic of constant confrontation. The recent launch of a new military operation by Israel against Iran, under the pretext of national security, is fueling an already deep-rooted crisis in the Middle East; and, if not immediately contained, could plunge the entire region into open war involving numerous powers. Condemning this attack—which will only feed cycles of revenge, fuel terrorism, and once again provoke massive waves of refugees—is a moral imperative. History constantly reminds us that war solves nothing. It destroys. It exiles. It kills.
Africa, the Middle East, Ukraine, Gaza… no people are safe when violence is presented as a solution. Every new war, every bomb dropped, every border closed in the name of fear or politics, is a defeat for all of humanity. War is not just a local tragedy: it is a global rift, a slow-moving poison that infiltrates all societies, weakens solidarity, and kills hope.
At a time when the world has more than 122 million uprooted people, it is urgent to say no. No to war, no to indifference, no to the militarization of responses to human crises. What the world needs is not new weapons or higher walls, but compassion, justice, courageous diplomacy, and a deep respect for human dignity.
It is crucial to emphasize that the West, which often presents itself as the guarantor of human rights and global stability, is today playing a deeply worrying role in fueling conflicts rather than working to resolve them. Through its massive arms deliveries, its unconditional support for certain belligerent regimes, and its complicit silence in the face of serious violations of international law, it contributes to maintaining a global climate of tension and war. Instead of working for diplomacy, disarmament, and justice, it prioritizes strategic and economic interests, at the cost of thousands of innocent lives. In Africa, the Middle East, Gaza, and Ukraine, people are paying a high price for the geopolitical games of powers that prefer to fuel conflicts rather than build lasting peace. This cynical and short-sighted policy is not only morally unacceptable, but it constitutes a direct threat to all of humanity.